The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1971
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
3:10 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 596
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 214.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.86° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.49° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.